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Chapter 69

Woah.I hadn't seenthatcoming. I stared at Kayla. "Ex-husband? Or...?"

"Oh, please," she said. "We were never married. I mean, he's a nice guy and all, but he lacks that killer instinct, if you know what I mean."

Funny, Ididknow, especially when I compared him to Zane. This reminded me of something Teddy had said on the plane. He'd accused Zane of sleeping with his girlfriend. And worse, Zane hadn't denied it.

Was Kayla the girlfriend?

I shuddered at the thought. "So, let me get this straight. Youwerewith Teddy. And now, you're with his stepdad?"

Her gaze narrowed. "You're giving me a look."

"I am?"

"Yeah. And I don't like it."

"What kind of look?"

"It's the same lookhealways gives me."

"Who?" I asked.

"The prick. Zane. Have I ever told you, I hate that guy?"

Through clenched teeth, I said, "You might've mentioned it."

"And it's allhisfault we're not living here anymore." She grimaced. "You should see our new place. It'swayworse than this."

What could I say to that? "Gee, that's too bad."

"Yeah. Tell me about it." She perked up. "But the paintings might help." She looked around. "Hang on, I'm gonna see which ones I want."

She could look all she wanted, but grabbing them? Well, that was another matter. I told her, "If you want to make a list, I'll check with Zane."

"Screw him," she said. "He says no to everything."

Funny, I could totally see why.

Barely stopping for breath, she said, "Get this. A couple of months ago, I getsomad that I go down to his fancy office to try to reason with him. And what does he do? He has me tossed out, literally."

She looked down to her feet. "I even lost a shoe."

I froze. A shoe? In Zane's office?

In my mind, I could still see it – that red "fuck-me" shoe that I'd tripped over during my job interview.

I hated that shoe.

"This shoe," I said, "by any chance, was it red?"

Kayla looked surprised. "Yeah. How'd you know?"

Good question.I pointed vaguely toward her red bikini. "Reddoesseem to be your color."

"Oh sure." She rolled her eyes. "Not thathenoticed."

"You mean Zane?"

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